Influenced greatly by Mahatma Gandhi, Vinoba Bhave and others, a young
and idealistic Dr Jagdish Gandhi ventured in 1959 to create a new mindset
through education. With just five children on rolls, no personal wealth, and
the equivalent of ten US dollars in borrowed capital, the motivated Dr Gandhi
began his own personal experiment in Lucknow, India, some fifty six years ago
by the name of City Montessori School.

He saw this as a more powerful vehicle to prepare minds to prevent
conflicts than working with negotiations and top-down policy efforts alone. To
do this, he gave up his own active role and successful career in politics,
serving at the time as elected and popular member of the Legislative Assembly
of Uttar Pradesh, the largest state of India.

Today, at the age of 80, Dr Gandhi has no regrets. He works with the
same undiminished zeal towards multiplying his mission for peace through
education. In the past 56 years, he has not taken a single day off. He has
slept little and has worked through every weekend and holiday. Although the
journey has by no means been easy, the citizens of Lucknow have greatly
endorsed Dr Gandhi’s mission and values.

Their support has made CMS the world’s largest school with now with over
53,000 students on its rolls this year (a Guinness World Record for the largest
school in the world held by CMS since 1999). This recognition has meant that Dr
Gandhi has gained further momentum towards his goal. And, despite the fact that
his institution is now the world’s largest school, Dr Gandhi lives simply in
the same room in which he began his work for peace in 1959, and he has chosen
to have no personal wealth of his own, spending instead all his created
resources on his mission. Children are the world’s future and Dr Jagdish Gandhi
believes the best way to mould the future is to nurture them.

Influenced by the UNESCO Constitution that "wars begin in the minds of men and it is in the minds of men
where the defences of peace must be constructed," Dr Gandhi felt it
best to build the defenses of peace in the minds of children, in their young
and impressionable age through education and by nurturing their young minds.

From the time CMS was first established, Dr Jagdish Gandhi has
worked to promote a broader definition
of education that frees it from its largely material emphasis to focus on a
broader effort that encompasses all the three realities of a child: material,
human and spiritual. A child is a material being. A child is a human
being. A child is a divine being. Such a balanced education trains the mind to
not only think within the confines of jobs and material gain but also in terms
of leadership and contribution to society, to become conscious citizens of their
country and the world.

When Dr Gandhi started City Montessori School, CMS with just 5
children in 1959, the first words the children wrote on their slates were:
"Jai Jagat!" (Hail the World). He also continued other social
activities, for example, between 1959-64, he was President of the Uttar Pradesh
Naujawan Sangh (UP Youth Movement) and between 1960-65 he was Editor of Utho
Jawano (Rise Up Youth!). Between 1961-73, he was Founder and General Secretary
of the All India Children and Youth Festival and between 1962-65, Assistant
District Scout Commissioner. In 1964, he convened an All India Education
Exhibition aimed at highlighting the importance of spiritual education. He is
currently President of Children's International Summer Villages (CISV), India.
Additionally, he is President of International School-to-School Experience
(ISSE), UP Chapter India. He introduced the Quality Circle concept in education
and has been Chairman, World Council for Total Quality and Excellence in
Education since 1999, which works to improve education quality especially in
school education. Since 2001, he has been convening the International
Conferences of the Chief Justices of the World to raise awareness and mobilize
the World Judiciary to create a world safe for two billion children of the
world and generations yet-to-be-born. At these conferences during the past fifteen
years, 1002 Chief Justices & Judges of Supreme Courts and High Courts from 126
countries of the world have participated and pledged their support to create a world
fit for children.

Dr. Gandhi
continues with unfailing zeal towards creating a world safe for children and
creating students who are proactive agents of social transformation by giving
them an education that is capable of saving humanity.

Family: Married for 56 years to Dr. Bharti Gandhi, Ph.D., Child Psychologist, Co-founder, City Montessori School, (CMS) Luckow, India. They have four children:

(i) Daughter - Dr. Sunita Gandhi is a Ph.D in Physics from Cambridge University, U.K. She is the co-founder of the Council for Global Education.

(ii) Daughter - Prof. Geeta Gandhi Kingdon, BSc Hons (LSE), MSc, DPhil (Oxford) is the Chair of Education Economics and International Development at the London University & also the President and Chief Operating Officer of CMS.

·Honorary
Doctorate Degree in Educationby Bashkir State Pedagogical University, Ufa,
Russia in October 05, 2009 in recognition of his services for 51-long-years of
service to society and humanity at large in the field of education and building
a world fit for children and generations yet-to-be-born.

·Honorary
Doctorates in Lawby University of Entre Rios in Argentina, on
21 August 2012 for his campaign for enactment of 'enforceable international law
in order to protect the future of world's two billion children and generations
yet-to-be-born'.

·Honorary
Doctorate Degree in Lawby University of La Mendoza in Argentina in 23 August 2012for his outstanding contribution to the cause of promoting
international law by successfully organizing the International Conferences of
Chief Justices of the World year after year, to safeguard the future of 2
billion children of the world and generations yet to be born.

·Honorary
Doctorate Degree by Inca Garcilaso University of Peru on15 October 2014.

·Honorary
Doctorate Degree in Law by the National University of Mongolia inJune 2015.

Awards and Honours:

·'Yash Bharti Award' – the highest
award to a civilian by the Government of Uttar Pradesh amounting to Rupees
Eleven Lakhs Equivalent of about US dollars 19,000 (Declared in March 2014).

·‘World’s Largest School’by Guinness World Records (presently nearly 50,000 students on
rolls)It was in 1999
that CMS entered the Guinness Book of World Records for the first time. The
certificate signed by Keeper of the Records stated: ‘The largest school by
pupils is the City Montessori School, Lucknow, India which had a world record
enrolment of 22,612 pupils in 1999’. Eight years later, in February 2008, CMS
received an updated certificate from Guinness World Records that stated: ‘The
largest school by pupils is the City Montessori School, Lucknow, India which
had a record enrolment of 39,437 pupils on 9 August 2010, for the 2009-2010
academic year’.

·‘A Distinctive School’by The 2002 UNESCO Prize for Peace Educationin recognition
of its efforts to promote universal values of education for peace and
tolerance. The Director-General of UNESCO awarded the 2002 UNESCO Prize for
Peace Education to Jagdish and Bharti Gandhi, founders of the City Montessori
School (India) on behalf of the school at UNESCO Headquarters..

·'Untiring effort,
working for people’s amelioration', by the 2011 Gusi Peace Prize in recognition of his outstanding
efforts to find peaceful solution for people’s welfare and for his significant
contribution to world peace through education.”

·‘As a Light House of Society’ byChangemakers
Innovation Award 2005 for being an exemplary and role model
school in the world.

·‘A True Visionary in the Field of Education’by Mayor Everrete Varney
while awarding the Key to the City of
Georgetown (USA) on behalf of its citizens to Mr Jagdish Gandhi,
Founder-Manager of CMS.Mr Jagdish Gandhi has been presented the Key to Georgetown,
USA by the Mayor of Georgetown, Mr. Everette Varney, on 11th June 2002 as a
symbolic honour in recognition of his pioneering role in introducing Quality
Circles in education. The award was bestowed at a public function during the
fifth ICSQCC held at Georgetown, Kentucky, USA.

·‘Unique way for education and human
Enrichment’by the Council
for the Indian School Certificate Examinations
(ICSE Board) while presenting the first Derozio Award.When India's premier Board
for Public Education, the Council for the Indian School Certificate
Examination, New Delhi, decided to commence a national award of Rs. 1,00,000/-
(One lakh Rupees) in memory of the great Indian visionary, educationist and
poet, Henry Vivian Derozio, Mr Jagdish Gandhi was the unanimous choice of the
Jury as the first recipient of the honour. The award was handed to Mr Gandhi by
Mr Abdul Halim, Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, at a special function
held at St Xavier's College, Calcutta. The citation noted that the award was
being given to Mr Gandhi for his "Outstanding Contribution to Education
and Human Enrichment". Mr Gandhi donated the cash part of the award, to
the ICSE Council for use in the cause of education of poor children.

·‘Pioneer on Quality Education’by H.E. Cassam Uteem, President of Mauritius while awarding Quality Pioneer Award at Port Luis, Mauritius.H.E. Mr Cassam
Uteem, President of Mauritius honoured Mr Jagdish Gandhi with the Quality
Pioneer Award at Port Luis in Mauritius, in recognition of Mr Gandhi's
pioneering contribution in introducing the concept and practice of Quality
Circles (QC) in education. Incidentally, the Ministry of Education has made SQC's
compulsory in all government-aided schools in Mauritius.

·‘Global Friend of World’s Children’title by theWorld’s Children’s Prize
for the Rights of the Childby Children’s World, Sweden.

·‘Visionary New World Order Campaign’ as a special recognition
while honoured withNuclear–Free
Future Award for its mission
on behalf of world’s children to make the future nuclear-free.

·‘Friend of Young Physicists’by the Institute of Physics,
Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw for contributing
and promoting interest in physics education among students of High School and
Intermediate classes.

·‘UP Ratan Award’by
the All Indian Conference of
Intellectuals (U.P Chapter) personally handed by Mr. G. V.
G. Krishnamurthy, former Chief Election Commissioner of India for 'excellent
services in the field of Quality Education and in furtherance of the cause of
Humanism, Nationalism and Peace'.

Dr Jagdish Gandhi strongly believes in these words of
Mahatma Gandhi and had decided at a young age to serve God and humanity through
education. Dr Gandhi has firm conviction that amongst the greatest of all the
great services that can be possibly rendered by a man to Almighty God is the
education of children, building their character and inculcating in their tender
hearts the love of God. He has a vision that education is the only means to
transform the society permanently, as all other means only provide temporary
solutions which seem to be failing over and over again (as seen in the form of
social outrages worldwide which get a lot of media attention at the start and
gradually wither away).

EDUCATION
IS THE MOST POWERFUL WEAPON:

The
vision of Dr Jagdish Gandhi is in line with that of Nelson Mandela who said 'Education is the most powerful weapon which
you can use to change the world' and that of Mahatma Gandhi who believed, 'If you want to teach real peace in the
world and and if you want to fight a real war against war, you shall have to
begin with the children'. With these words of Mahatma Gandhi in mind, Dr
Gandhi set the goals of his institution, CMS, and is consistently organizing
international educational events for students to prepare minds for peace. The
total number of international events that CMS has been organizing annually for
nearly two decades continuously now has reached to 30 events of which some are
organised annually and some on alternate years.

CMS
ORGANISES 30 INTERNATIONAL EVENTS FOR WORLD UNITY:

All
these 30 international events aim to bring children as well as educators
together from all corners of the world, to learn to live, share and cooperate
for a better world. Dr Gandhi is a strong advocate of the fact that 'peace is a
by-product of unity' and in order to bring about world peace, we must first aim
to unite the hearts of people.

CMS
EFFORTS FOR WORLD UNITY AND WORLD PEACE WERE RECOGNISED BY UNO:

The
UNO has also recognized the City Montessori School Society as an official NGO,
thus making it the first and only school in India to have been granted this
status.

Dr
Gandhi's efforts for World Unity and World Peace have been recognized by the UNO
by awarding it with the US Dollars 30,000 UNESCO Prize for Peace Education in 2002,
thus making CMS the only school in the world ever to get this prize.

WORLD
JUDICIARY IS THE LAST HOPE OF HUMANITY:

Dr
Gandhi believes that when governments behave in unprincipled ways (on conflict,
war, environment etc.), then the World Judiciary is the only hope for humanity
and therefore he has been organizing every year, for the past fifteen years,
the World Judiciary Summits and the International Conferences of Chief Justices
of the World in which 1002 Hon'ble Chief Justices, Judges and Heads of States
from 126 countries of the world have participated till now. The 19th Annual
Conference, the World Judiciary Summit will be organised from 8 to 14 November
2017 at CMS Kanpur Road Campus, Lucknow.

Creating a wider set of
circumstances for peace and conflict prevention at the local, national,
regional and international levels:

At the macro level, leveraging the fact that CMS is the world’s largest single
school, Dr Jagdish Gandhi has crafted meaningful initiatives to create a wider
set of circumstances for peace and conflict prevention at the local, national,
regional and international levels. These include, among others:

·A bold Indo-Pak
children’s friendship initiative which has created better trust between
children and teenagers even when tensions have been high between the two
neighbouring countries. Thousands of children and teenagers on both sides of
the border have been brought together by one-to-one contact through
pen-friendship and further by facilitating visits between children of the two
countries for sports and other activities organized by CMS.

·30 international
events organized annually for the past three decades that have brought together
children and teenagers from all corners of India and the globe, to assemble on
one platform and experience through cross-cultural interaction, discourse,
living together and experience, even as the children compete with each other in
mathematics, computers, robotics, astronomy, music, the arts and more,

·An extensive media
campaign through radio and cable television with a daily telecast ofunity in diversity and coexistence messages
conveyed in an effective format using children as the common denominator; and,

·The initiation and
continuation of nine unique and unprecedented International Conferences of the
Chief Justices of the World, influenced by which the chief justices in many
countries have become more proactive on these very issues.

Spiritual Leader:

A visionary and a far-sighted person, Jagdish Gandhi has been building bridges of peace across the globe for nearly 58 years.
Jagdish Gandhi believes in the innate goodness of every living being. He is an
educationist like no other. His approach to problems which seem insurmountable
is simple but effective. His every action is guided by a very strong sense of
divinity and spirituality and hence his every effort is arrived at improving
the self and realizing the presence of the Almighty. Dr Jagdish Gandhi, through
his noble deeds and conduct, has always demonstrated the trust he has placed in
people, displaying that human generosity that opens up the mind and heart and
so often leads to the accomplishments of major achievements at the very
frontiers of what is possible.

Talks on Television:

Dr Jagdish
Gandhi speaks regularly on several international and national TV channels like Sadhna Prime, News 18 India, ETV News, Live Today, India Voice, K-News, Channel One, Ok India and Hindi Khabar. His spiritual talks are
viewed by millions of his fans who stay glued to the television to hear him.

Speeches on “Social Responsibility
of Modern Institute”:

Dr Jagdish Gandhi has been invited by
many renowned institutions like Brahma Kumari University, Mount Abu, Symbioses
Institute of Management, Pune, Karorimal Collage, The Jubilee School by King
Hussain Foundation, Jordan, Club of Lucknow, etc.

Widely Travelled:

A widely traveled person, Dr Gandhi
has visited a number of countries including USA, UK, Russia, Switzerland,
Sweden, Singapore, Thailand, Norway, Mauritius, Malaysia, Lebanon, Japan,
Italy, Israel, Iran, Hong Kong, Holland, Germany, Panama, France, Egypt,
Denmark, South Africa, the Czech Republic, Myanmar, Belgium, Sri Lanka, Nepal,
Mongolia and Afghanistan. Among the many international conferences he has
attended are the following: Third International Conference on Higher Education,
Lancaster University, UK; the Seventh Triennial Conference of CISV at Leeds,
England; the First World Conference on Gifted Children, London; International
Teachers Conference, Nottingham University, UK; International Teaching
Conference at Hong Kong; Cultural Conflict and Asian Community in UK at
Leicester University; International Teaching Conference at Paris; Youth For
Mankind Conference at Chicago, USA and International Teaching Conference at
Haifa, Israel. Dr Gandhi also attended the Anthropological Congress at Chicago,
USA and was interviewed for an hour by American Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
Radio in California on his multifarious experiments in the field of education.

Author
of TWENTY FOUR Books on Spirituality and World Peace:

Dr
Jagdish Gandhi is the author of seventeen books and his articles on spiritual
education have been regularly featured in the prominent - weekly, fortnightly
and monthly magazines and daily News Papers.

1) Education
for Protection and Security:This book describes the multifarious efforts of CMS
is exerting every effort to ensure the Protection and Security of the world's
two billion children and generations yet-to-be-born, whose future has become
progressively more unprotected and insecure during the past nearly seven
decades, since the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the recent spread of
international terrorism, climate change, stockpiling of weapons of mass
destruction, fear of 3rd world war and Nuclear holocaust.

2) Broader, Bolder Education for 21st Century: An Education Capable of Saving Humanity.Worldwide,
education has been largely confinedto its 19th century
material ethics and goals. Not much has changed either since Lord Macaulay
first wrote the Minute on Indian Education in 1835 in which education of the
three R’s reigned supreme. Contemporary education today is inadequate to meet
the needs and aspirations of the individual child and society in the 21st Century and the book makes the case for a broader school curriculum that
encompasses material, human and spiritual education.

3) The Unison of Human Soul with the Soul of God (Atma ka Paramatma se Milan): The
book highlights various stages of spiritual development on the pathway of human
journey. It elaborates that the true purpose of our lives is to know God and to
worship Him.

4) Earth is One Family (Vasudha
ek Kutumbh):This book is based
on the ancient Indian philosophy of Vasudhaiv Kutumbkam and the vision of
Baha’u’llah that ‘The Earth is but One Country’. The book has several articles
based on the speeches of Dr Gandhi which narrate that we are all the creation
of One God and that the Earth is our united home. The book is in Hindi
language.

5) Meditation (Chintan):The
book revolves around the philosophy that meditation is an important way to
happiness.

6) Education: Greatest Service (Siksha Parmo Dharma):This
book highlights the fact that "Amongst
the greatest of all the great services that can be possibly rendered to mankind
is the education of Children". It emphasizes that the first religion
of mankind should be Education. This book emphasises the importance of
education and of the school as the 'Light House of Society'

7) Solution (Samadhan):The book revolves around the idea of
how the solutions to life's problems lie in discovering and then obeying the
laws of God.

8) Whole world is our family (Vishva Parivar Hamara Hai):The book revolves around the philosophy of "The Earth is but one country and mankind its citizens".
It highlights the ill's that prevail on the planet due to diversity and
division of mankind in the name of faith.

9)Way to Salvation (Mukti
Ka Ek Hi Marg):This book explores the idea that a virtuous
and spiritual life is essential to success and salvation.

10)Aim of Education (Shiksha
Ka Uddeshya):Thisbook makes the case that Meaningful
Education must address all the three realities i.e. Material, Human and Divine.

11)The Purpose of Life (Jeene
ki Raah):The true purpose of life is to know God and love Him. This book inspires
the readers to live a spiritual life.

12)The Lamp of Devotion (Prabhu
Bhakti Ka Deep):This book examines the idea that it is by
keeping faith in God that one can truly live a purpose-driven life.

13)If Not Now, then Never (Abhi Nahi Toh Kabhi Nahi):This book exhorts that the time for World
Unity has now arrived and that we must act before it is too late.

14)Faith in God (Ek
Tera Sahara):A call to faith, this volume argues that the source
of courage and power is God and it is only when we turn towards him that our
true progress starts

15)Turning Towards God (Dheere
Dheere Modh Tu Is Mann Ko):It is during our adversities that we remember
God. The author in this book has laid the importance of problems that come in
our life and how we can resolve conflicts spiritually.

16)Devotion (Bhakti):This is a
parenting guide that encourages father and mother to unite, stay lovingly and
give values to children.

17)God (Eshwar):This volume
explores the tension between our own will and the will of God. It argues that
we can act either by our own will or God's will. Once we start acting as per
God's will amazing thing happen in our life.

18)Real Property of Man (Manushya
ki Asli Sampathi)

19)We and our Children (Hum
aur Hamarey Bachhe)

20)Family (Parivaar)

21)Education (Shiksha)

22)Consciousness (Chetna)

23)Flowers for Prayer (Pooja
ke Phool)

(24)Dedication (Samarpan)

Some Recent International
Conferences Attended:

·Participated in the international
seminar jointly organized by Supreme Court and Istanbul Culture University on “Turkish Criminal Code and Child” from 19-23 April, 2010 at Istanbul, Turkey.

1952Founded Social Service League
at his school in Sikandra Rao, Aligarh, U.P., India

Work
of Dr Jagdish Gandhi has been cited in the following international media:

1. Exemplary Curriculums (USA), 8th November 1996:"The religiously diverse school has
proven that teachers can instill both personal virtues and a desire to excel,
and that academic excellence flows from character development. Influenced by
the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi, the founders wanted the City Montessori School
to exemplify the principles of unity of humankind and universal brotherhood...”
bold experiment in teaching values, Educational Leadership, by ASCD, 1996,
USA."

2. One Country (USA), October- December 2001: "According to parents, CMS has been successful at attracting students
largely for two reasons: its reputation for academic excellence and its
distinctive programme of moral education. CMS's long-standing promotion of
tolerance and oneness has contributed to the overall sense of communal harmony
in Lucknow... The school also strives for educational innovation. It has
adopted various management practices, such as Quality Circles...”etc.

3. Regeneration and Renewal (UK), 19th November 2004: "Peacemaker's message - The world's biggest school, headed by Jagdish
Gandhi has 31,000 pupils on its books. But its work to cut inter-communal
conflict is even more impressive than its size... In a city split between
Muslims and Hindus, the Montessori system's emphasis on nondenominational
spirituality and the unity of mankind proved acceptable to both communities...”

4. War Prevention Works (UK), September 2001: "Babri Masjid (Mosque) at Ayodhya was destroyed, spreading a wave of riots
and violence throughout the city and across the country between Hindus and
Muslims. City Montessori School, Lucknow, convened a series of public meetings
to bring together the heads of all the religions of the city in its school
buildings. CMS teachers and students took out several peace marches in
sensitive areas of Lucknow and appealed directly to the people of the city to
refrain from violence."

5. Exemplary Curriculums (Australia), July- September 1998: "CMS recognises that a child observes the teacher's and parent's every
move. Likewise, teachers are not merely experts in content; they are also
responsible for the emotional, social, spiritual and intellectual development
of the child... CMS recognizes mothers and fathers through a system of titles
and certificates to honour parents for the children's achievements...”

6. People Building Peace(The Netherlands), 1999: "The seeds of Mahatma Gandhi's
visions are being nurtured in India, where a school (CMS) that started in 1959
with five pupils has become the largest private school in the world with over
31,000 students. Today, the City Montessori School is a source of inspiration
for schools all around the world."

7. Creating Peace (Japan), June 2002: "Amongst
the various peace education tools used at CMS, perhaps the most widely known
and seen is the CMS Peace Floats that have been, for over 25 years now, a
regular feature of the annual Republic Day Parade held on 26th January every
year at Lucknow, India... The Parade is watched by over one million people
every year for the last 27 years, who line up along the parade route and by
many more millions on the television. Each year, the design and topic of the
float varies but the overall arching theme remains unity in diversity and world
peace. ”

8. The Goi Peace Foundation (Japan), January 2003: "CMS believes that a school must act as a lighthouse to society, providing
direction and guidance. Consequently, throughout its over four-decades long
service in the field of education, CMS has been actively working to construct
the defenses of peace in the minds of CMS students and also in the public mind.
This is achieved through a vigorous use of various public education tools and
peace based activities designed to promote peace and harmony. ”

9. An Exceptional Effort UNESCO Magazine (France), October 2002: "The City Montessori School (CMS), founded in 1959 in Lucknow in the state
of Uttar Pradesh, is a school unlike any other. With 25,000 pupils from
kindergarten up to high school level, it figures in the Guinness Book of
Records as the biggest private school in the world, and its students
systematically score higher on exams then the national average. But it also
stands out because of it its philosophy: for more than 40 years it has educated
students to respect the values of tolerance and peace and sought to make them
citizens of world. "

10. Global Vote 2009 (Sweden), 2009: "It was
highly exciting to cast my vote in the Global Vote. For the first time I
realised that I am not connected to my nation only but am a part of the world.
There are so many silent social workers whose contributions to the deprived
community are immense and beyond all praise. The WCPRC has brought me closer to
the heart-touching fact that boys and girls of my age suffer piteously, either
due to poverty or being under the cruel mastery of the rich. My heart yearns to
pray for all the WCPRC candidates and their contributions to the rights of the
child."

11. ODE Lessons in Love (USA), March 2008: "Sitting in the back seat of his car one evening, Jagdish Gandhi puts away
his cell phone and places a handkerchief over his thin knee. It's time for
dinner. What's he having? A delicious curry? No, raw onions, roughly chopped.
“I rarely eat at home. No time,” he explains as he spoons onions into his mouth
while his driver honks through the traffic chaos of Lucknow in northern India,
home to 2.5 million people. Outside, the air stinks of exhaust and smoldering
fires. Inside, tears fill our eyes as we listen to prayer texts from a cassette
player. At his City Montessori School in Lucknow, India, Jagdish Gandhi teaches
kids how to change the world."

12. The Chenabians Newsletter (Pakistan), October-November 2007:
"It is great honour for me to present to you the “Indian Special”
Newsletter. I remember well the auspicious day when an invitation letter from
City Montessori Inter College (CMS) Mahanagar, Lucknow left us thrilled to bit.
A brochure sent to us by CMS Lucknow turned out to be source of solving the
mystery about out unknown hosts. This brochure familiarized us with CMS
Lucknow- The largest school of the world with more than 32,000 students on roll
in its 20 branches as mentioned in Guinness Book of World Records. City
Montessori Inter College (CMS), Mahanagar, Lucknow organized its annual
competition in which the students from different educational Institutions of
the world participate. This year 74 schools and colleges from India and abroad
had the honour of participating in this mega-event- GEOFEST. Within a very short
notice, a team of students from Chenab College Jhang was prepared for the
competition. On 30th October, 2007, the Chenabians led by the Principal set off
for Lucknow (India). The tremendous performance of our students made them win
four prizes. We are extremely proud of our students who keep adding a lustre to
the name of the college by winning laureis in different competitions in and
outside the country. We would like to express our unbounded gratitude to our
Indian hosts for their kindness and hospitality."

13. Article Published on CMS in German Magazine (Germany), 7th
May, 2006: "Gandhi in some ways resembles his namesake—the
71-year-old is slight but energetic and wears dark-rimmed glasses. He’s also
carrying on Mahatma Gandhi’s work through his City Montessori School, which has
more than 32,000 pupils scattered among 20 buildings throughout Lucknow. Every
three to four years, Gandhi founds a new branch school, because yet again
they’re bursting at the seams. Will he someday have 100,000 pupils? “Possibly,”
he says. “As many as possible.” But Gandhi wants to do more than teach reading
and writing: He wants to change the world."

14. Roll of Honour The Week (India), 7 November, 1999: ""When Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti founded the City Montessori
School (CMS) with a borrowed sum of Rs 300, they could find no student. A
fortnight later, a neighbors agreed to send her five children. Thus, the school
opened on July 1, 1959. Today, with more than 31,000 pupils, it is world
largest school as per Guinness Book of Records."

15. Research study conducted by Indian Institute of Management
(IIM),Lucknow (India), March-June 2003: "This study was
conducted by Mr. Nitin Agarwal (B.Tech., ITT, Delhi, 2002) and by Mr. Tarun Raj
(IIT, Kanpur, 1999) who were pursuing a degree in management from the world
famous Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow. As a compulsory component
of their work towards the degree, they had to present an innovative project.
The research and quality of this project went a long way in the grade they
would obtain from the Indian Institute of Manager (IIM). Their project was
titled Incorporation of Moral Values and Emotional Intelligence in the Present
Education System."

16. Education World The Human Development Magazine (India), August,
2007: "City Montessori School is right up there among the
country's toprated schools in terms of academic reputation (8.16) and quality
of teachers (7.95), while being rated 7 plus on all other parameters to average
7.72. "While it's an honour to be rated so high among India's most
respected schools, it's hardly a surprise to our faculty since the quality of
education provided in City Montessori is respected beyond Indian borders,” said
Dr Jagdish Gandhi."